Disclaimer: The Astral Acoustics Libra was sent to us a sample in exchange for our honest opinion and does not have to be returned. Astral Acoustics is not a site advertiser or affiliated with Headfonics. We thank Henry and the team at Astral Acoustics for this opportunity.

Readers can avail of a 15% discount when buying the Libra by using the following discount codes at the check out on their new website: “HF libra 4” for the 4-core version and “HF libra 8” for the 8-core version.… Read the full article

Astral Acoustics is now having a Chinese New Year Sale of up to 20% off for all IEM cables until March 16th 2018! Sales prices include the Taurus at just $190. The other cable line sale prices are as follows: Libra 4 $400 USD, Pisces 8 $550 USD, Libra 8 $680 USD

The Taurus is the debut launch of a new Hong Kong IEM cable manufacturer called Astral Acoustics, priced at $240.… Read the full article

The Thor Silver IEM cable is one of Effect Audio’s core or long-term product lines and was originally launched in 2013. You can still buy it today from Effect Audio for around $250 and graze through the various positive reviews it garnished around the time of release.

I actually didn’t get to try out the original Thor Silver Edition until a few months ago when I bought it as part of an IEM package in one of our local groups.… Read the full article

I have had quite a few IEMs in the last two years that I have spoken about fondly. IEM’s that have great potential only to be held back by a stock cable that serves a basic purpose rather than delivers exceptional performance.

The option to change a cable you are not happy with, for whatever reason, to me, is a logical extension in the current market and a reasoned personal choice rather than mandatory upgrade.… Read the full article

This is part three of a four-part series of high-end cables. For the general introduction about cable performance and matching, please see the first review of the series (Rhapsodio Golden). In each review, the scores of ‘looks’ and ‘build & ergonomics are weighted together in the final averaging of the score, as I find the other two scores proportionally more important.… Read the full article